Shoemaker&#39;s tool.



No. 64|,0|9. Patented Jan. 9, I90I0.'

J. KIEFER & s. s. LAWRENCE.

SHOEMAKERS TOOL.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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JACOB KIEFER AND STEPHEN S. LAWRENCE, OF DELAWARE, OIIIO.

SHOEMAKERS TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 641,019, dated January 9, 1900.

Application filed April 8, 1899. Serial No. 712,282. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JACOB KIEFER and STEPHEN S. LAWRENCE,CitiZenS of the United States, residing at Delaware, in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoemakers Tools; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

In resoling sewed shoes, or, as it is termed, half-soling them, it is customary to remove the outer sole, or both middle and outer sole, if the sole be double, by drawing a knife around the edge of the sole just below the welt, so as to cut the stitches connecting the outer sole, or both middle and outer sole, to the welt. When a good and neat job ofhalfsoling is desired, it is necessary to pick or punch from the welt the remnants of stitching remaining in the welt, and when, in the interest of economy, a not badly worn middle sole is desired to be saved to cut it also inlike manner from the outer sole and remove the pieces of stitches remaining in it. It makes a neater' and better job to remove the pieces of stitches remaining in the old parts, because the original holes may be usedfor the new stitching; but to pick or punch the pieces of stitches from the old welt or old middle sole with the curved awl or straight awl, as the case may require, as heretofore, is timeconsuming and tedious, indeed so greatly so that few cobblers can spare the time or practice the patience to do so at all, except when a fastidious and exacting patron insists upon it.

Our invention therefore aims to provide a tool whereby the old remnants or pieces of stitches may be removed with great facility and expedition; and it consists of an instrument preferably fashioned in its handle portion like an ordinary pair of pincers or nippers, but in its jaws with a punch and brace specially adapted to perform the work of removing old stitches.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating an embodiment of our invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the tool as used in punching out a welt-stitch, the punch-holding j aw being illustrated in section. Fig. 3 is an end View of the jaws, illustrating the removal of weltstitehing, the welt beingin section.

1 and l designate the upper and lowerhandies, (pivoted together at 3,) and 2 and 2 the jaw portions, respectively, of those handles. The upper jaw 2 is preferably perforated to receive the shank of the punch or needle 4: and a set-screw 5 for holding the same, so that different sizes of punch or needle may be used as circumstances make expedient. The end of the needle is preferably fiat, and at its base is provided with an enlarged shoulder 4 to limit the penetration of needle into the leather. The lower jaw 2 is recessed, as shown at 6, and provided at either side with two wedge-shaped feet 7 and 7 one being shorter than the other. These feet serve as a support or brace for the welt or sole as the end of the punch forces the thread out, and one foot is made shorter than the other to allow the pieces of thread (which often cling together) to freely drop out, as indicated in Fig. 3.

In removing stitches from a welt with the instrument having feet formed as shown the work would proceed from right to left; but it is immaterial, except for the habit ofcobblers, whether the left or the right foot is the longer. i

The instrument will also for; convenience preferably have a spring 8 fastened to the upper handle 1, tending by its pressure on the lower handle 1 to lift the upper jaw and its punch after a stitch has been removed.

Vith our instrument it will be gathered that the work of redeeming and saving soles will be much less troublesome and perhaps less expensive than heretofore.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tool for removing old threads or threadstubs from leather,comprising jaws connected together, one of said jaws having a threadpunching device and the other having a recessed portion, the sides of said recess constituting feet one of which is longer than the other, for the purpose explained.

2. A tool for removing old threads or threadstubs from leather,comprising jaws connected together, one of said jaws having a solid blunt In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

JACOB KIEFER. STEPHEN S. LAWRENCE.

Witnesses:

EUGENE S. OWEN, EDWARD J. WELSH. 

